President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed Syria over the phone and agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting in Germany, according to a Turkish presidential source on Friday.
Erdogan and Putin will meet during a G20 summit in the German city of Hamburg on July 7 and July 8, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to media, said.
The presidents discussed the latest developments in Syria, particularly the Astana talks which will be held in the Kazakh capital on July 4 and 5, the source said.
Erdogan-Trump meeting
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to hold a phone call Friday afternoon.
According to a White House statement, the two leaders will speak at 4:30 p.m. local time.
President Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart last met in May 16, when Erdoğan and a Turkish delegation accompanying him paid a visit to Washington D.C.
During the meeting, Erdoğan and Trump mainly discussed the U.S.' decision to directly arm terror organization PKK's Syrian affiliate the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the extradition of the Pennsylvania-based controversial imam Fethullah Gülen, who is accused of masterminding the July 15 failed coup in Turkey with his network of followers.